New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-19

State Public School CrandaI, Com
stock, Dodge, Nelson, WEIGH.
Governor sage-Daniels, Scheffer,
| Burkhardt, Durant, Hayden
Booms and Logs-Buckman, Clough, Hea-
on Durant, Whiteman
"A large number OF petitions for establish
ing temperance branches in public schools
and for the better protection OF women
| was received; also a petition for the better
| protection OF game.
| Senator Daniels bill on regulating Ii
! censes is almost Identical with that intro
| duced by Senator Goodrich on the first
| day OF the session; it fixes the minimum at
81, 900 in cities OF 10, 600 Inhabitants and
over, and $500 in towns and villages, and
| prohibits county commissioners from issu-
| ing licenses for any sum less than $780,
| Senator Halls bill regarding the liability
OF Insurance companies makes the amount
| OF insurance written in the policy prima
| facie value OF the property in: cases OF to-
tai loss, and must be taken as the actual
value OF the property at the time of loss,
| unless criminal action on the part OF the
insured is shown.
| HoUsE.-Some dozen odd petitions,
| signed by over !, 900 citizens OF the state,
and advocating constitutional prohibit
! ton, temperance education, and laws
changing the age OF consent, were submit
ted and respectively referred to the com
m1ttees on temperance, education and the
judiciary.
Representative Mattson secured the pas
sage OF a resolution authorizing the chair
| to appoint special committee OF five to
| investigate state prison contract labor, to
examine the books, call witnesses, ETC.,
| and to report the result of their labors to
| the hOnSe Of TO
| Furlong committee OF seven was ordered
appointed to ascertain the cost OF all the
| railroads in the state and to employ an
expert clerk to aid them in their labors.
| The speaker announced the following
| clerks for committees:
Osborne; engrossment, G.. P, johnson:
| finance, Henry Anderson; railroads, Will
lam Bowen; enrolment, James Spencer,
education, Henry Feig; elections, E. H.
Bakken; insurance, C. A. Lounsberry:
towns and counties, Mr.. Sparks.
Senator Sabin sent Mr.. Donnelly the
| folwing message recently: washington
Jan: -. Hon. I. Donnelly Minnesota
Legislature: l have been in hearty sym.
pathy with the Cullom Interstate bin from
the beginning. Think present bill can be
| improved; il not shall vote for it, as it is a
desirable beginning. D. NJ. Sabin.'
SENATE.-The most important bill intro
| duced in the senate was that by Sena tor
Pope, providing for a soldiers home, The
bill was drafted by the committee OF the
| Grand Army OF the state, and represents
their views in detail. The bill is quite long.
and most OF it has been published before. 1t
| provides Tor an appropriation OF 500 900
fairgrounds and buildings l 5, 900 to be paid
| out this year. Seven commissioners are
| to be appointed by the governor, three Of
! whom shall serve three, two four years and
two six years; and after the expiration OF
| six years the term of the new commission
! ers shall be six years each. The commits
sioners are to locate a home and provide
the necessary grounds, the tite not to cost
more than $4,000.
Senator Bowen offered a resolution
which, had it been adopted, might have
made quite stir among the railroads OF
the state. The senator wants a special
| committee OF five senator's to inquire into
the manner OF railroad discrmina ton in
regard to freight and passenger rates.
both to points in the state and
points outside, and wants the committee
empowered to send for persons and pa
pers, and make a thorough investigation
OF all the alleged evils in this connection,
| and to employ a stenographer to take a
full report, the committee to recommend
legislation necessary. Senator Edwards
| moved to send the resolution to the rail
road committee.
Senator Hoard introduced a bill at the
instance OF the state board OF regents, pro-
viding for the sail OF the fruit farm at Min
netonka; OF the proceeds $50, 900 are to be
applied to the university fund to improve
the library, and the remainder to be turn
ed into the state treasury. The farm cost
| $4,000 originally, and was bought by Gov.
| Pilsbury, who turned it over to the state
It is now worth $50, 900, and it is thought
that sum can be realized from it.
Senator Hixon, chairman OF the grain and
warehouse committee, introduced q bill
which provides that all railroad companies
shall transport freight at reasonable ra tes,
and send it by such routes as the shipper
may direct. Car loads shall be transferred
from one line to another when I'M
| loading. A greater rate shall not he charged
| when freight passes over more than one
road than Tor an equal distance when car
ried on one single road, except that 81 per
car may be charged for transferring Any
company violating this law shall be fined
not less than SIS, 600 for the first offense,
$4,000 for second, and the third offense
causes forfeiture OF the company's chart
er. Any official who refuses to carry out
the provisicsas of the law shall be fined
81, 900 for the first offense, and for
the second offense be, imprisoned
six months and fined $4,000.
| NOF.' NcUlll SeI1O III his Appointment s to
the senate and they were considered in ex-
ecutive session. The following were sent
in:
H. b. Willis to be Oil inspector, A. c..
Hospes surveyor general OF dogs for the
Saltwater district. Stephen Lovejoy for
the Minneapolis district, Hugh Thomson
for the Crookston district, Alexander Fra
ser for the Duluth district.
HoUsE.-Numerous petitions were receiv-
ed and referred to proper committees, on
prohibition, assaults on women, etc. A
petition was received from Swift county
asking an appropriation OF $4,000 for
the aid OF sufferers from the hail storm OF
! last July. Referred to judiciary.
Representative Ellingson moved that
i 10000 OF Governors McGill and Hub
bord's messages be printed in Italian,
French, Bohemian, German, Polish, Scand-
inavian, WEIGH and English for the use OF
the members OF the house. Referred to
the committee on printing.
The house went into great wrangle